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Saratov Open 2018

Saratov · 8 September 2018 · 13 events · 88 competitors · 107 personal bests

Evgeniy Kabanov won four of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Evgeniy Kabanov by 0.34 seconds. 88 competitors produced 107 personal bests, 50 of which still stand today, and 56 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ernur Ersayynov set the 3×3 blindfolded average national record: 2:24.67.

Four wins
Evgeniy Kabanov — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.34s
closest final — 4×4, Evgeniy Kabanov over Danila Ryabinin
107
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

107 set · 50 still standing

First-timers

56 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

88 competitors · 523 results · 13 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Nikolai Masson (Николай Массон) won it with a 9.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

  1. 1B' U' F' U' F2 B' D B2 U F2 L2 U2 B2 R U2 F2 R' U2 D2 F2
  2. 2U B' U D2 F' D F2 D2 R F D L2 B2 L2 B2 U' L2 U B2 R2
  3. 3B F U2 B D2 B' L2 U2 L2 D U L' B2 L2 U' B' L' F' R'
  4. 4F L B2 R B2 D R F2 U' R2 F U2 F U2 R2 B' L2 D2 F'
  5. 5B2 R D2 R D2 B2 F2 R' F2 L' R' D' B' F' D' F' U2 B L B2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

88 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.